Posts by ShirleyW

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Why Do People Hate Jews???

by minimus in

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i have never understood anti-semitism .why sooo much hatred?.

ShirleyW

Minimus = Plus I believe people who are not all that intelligent have a mindset that makes them ignorant

Good Point Min ! Just like the uneducated Drumpf supporters, which you and a good many here are a member of, as Drumpf said while he was campaigning, he loves the uneducated. You certainly have the right to support your own candidate, but you cannot refute the point that Drumpf said he loves the uneducated while he was campaigning and a good many of the uneducated Drumpf supporters are right here on this board (can hardly wait to see how many dislike votes I get votes I get for speaking the truth)! I guess if you thought it through Minimus you wouldn't have made that point, but then again, as Drumpf said . . . . .

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What Are The Differences Between JWs Born In and Converted?

by minimus in

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i tend to think that many jws who joined the religion in their later years feel foolish or are embarrassed by their decision to become one of jehovah’s witnesses.

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i’m not embarrassed by my years “in the truth “ because i was raised from infancy to believe everything was god’s word and who are we to question jehovah and his organization?

ShirleyW

I believe Steve Hassan brought out it was usually the well educated who converted to a Cult than a uneducated person. But then again there are always exceptions to the rule

What about the uneducated Drumpf supporters and I'm sure you'll remember during his campaign he said he loves the uneducated, still to this day they support him in full force.

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It baffles me why they would even say this

by Tameria2001 in

back in 2001, i left the jws rather abruptly.

i had discovered things about the watchtower that really made me quite angry, angry because i had been lied to, and it took me just to darn long to figure it out.

before i had left, my husband and i wrote 3 letters, one to the elders at our congregation, and two to our parents.

ShirleyW

They say that because they're fully indoctrinated, they drank the "mental koolaid" no matter how much new light and flip flops the borg puts out, they just eat it up without thought. Just like the folks who turn out for Trump's rallies, whatever he says, they just eat it up.

Like I said a few weeks ago here, if Trump and the Borg said that from now on 2+2=5, they would totally believe it.

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Jehovah's Witnesses Governing Body Member Stephen Lett explains "Doing it"

by Not_Culty in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7yrcya_ym8.

ShirleyW

Those facial expressions of his, just like when the weird brother in the KH has part on the Ministry School.

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As The Watchtower Corporation Faces One Crisis After Another, What Will The Governing Body Members Do?

by Brokeback Watchtower in

i foresee great a very tumultuous road ahead for our dearly beloved governing body, or god(guardians of doctrine).

they need a much more flexible approach to these problems, instead of being narrow mindedly ridged, which seems to be almost impossible for these hyper brain washed fools for corporate jehovah.. looks like am#3 will be the most inflexible since he and corporate jehovah seems to know what each other is thinking and feeling, iow am#3 really thinks he can read jehovah mind that why we affectionately call him tight pants tony, he's probably a closet gay that gets real excited by nice looking brothers in tight pants, and perhaps a camel toe or two has caught his gaze(must keep those things hidden).

i don't see him ever jumping ship he looks like he will ride the watchtower vessel to the bottom of the ocean.. will some future events lead to a big deflection in governing body loyalties?

ShirleyW

As The Watchtower Corporation Faces One Crisis After Another, What Will The Governing Body Members Do?

Lie like they've always been doing that things are going according to plan and the end is just around the corner

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What will JJ Abrams and Disney do for Star Wars episode IX?

by LoveUniHateExams in

i heard that jj abrams has finished the screenplay and they'll be starting to shoot the final episode soon.. so where will the story go?.

han solo is dead, snoke is dead, leia can only have a very limited role at best because carrie fisher unfortunately died .... plus, rey has already defeated the main villain once before, in her first lightsaber fight (in the force awakens, because 'ovaries!

', i guess xd).. and she saved his ass against snoke's elite guards (in the last jedi) - so it will be difficult to film any kind of dramatic tension between rey and kylo ren.. i won't be seeing this film in the cinema or buying it on dvd but i am kinda curious how things will pan out .... what do you think?.

ShirleyW

For all the people on the planet who have never seen a Star Wars film (like myself) and don't plan to ever do so, who cares . . .

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There is something I don't understand about the selling off of Kingdom Halls

by Tameria2001 in

i have been reading where the watchtower is closing down kingdom halls.

there is something that i don't understand, or maybe i am just misunderstanding it.

can someone clear this up for me?

ShirleyW

I am getting the impression that when a kingdom hall is sold off it is the Watchtower who profits from this

Why do you think some KHs are being sold? If the WT didn't get the money why would they care what happens to the property? Sounds like you forget the Borg is nothing but a Real Estate and Publishing company

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I Saw An Elder Yesterday Who Told Me 3 Area Kingdom Halls Were Being Dissolved

by minimus in

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he said they read the letter to the congregation and were told the kh would be disbanded.

2 other halls in the area were slated for closure.

he said many people in the congregation began crying.

ShirleyW

The work is speeding up.

Ha ha ha ha ha , good one Gorby

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Elder Is Dodgy Used Car Salesman

by pale.emperor in

just thought i'd relate this story for any lurkers out there.. here in the north west of england there's an elder called george ashton.

the ashton's are a big family, most of the men are appointed as elders or at least min servants.

george owns a used car dealership and almost all jws in liverpool looking for a car have heard of him.

ShirleyW

I think used car salesman is the most perfect job a JW could ever have, sell the BS on their job, then again on the weekends when they knock on your door

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Positive memories as a JW child..

by fulano in

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it is based on gorbatsjov's good topic, but we all must have had nice, pleasant, romantic moments in our congregations.. i was always a dedicated boy, baptized at 14. we had our bookstudy at 8:00 pm and before that our fieldservice at 7:00 pm .

most of times, as a 14-16 years old boy i was the only one there with our conductor.

he was from aruba, immigrated to our cold and wet european country.

ShirleyW

redvip2000 - you ask why I looked forward to the food at the assemblies. I don't know what part of the country you're in, but here in NYC we have the Bliss Theatre used for Circuit Assemblies, the food there was the best, they had the best hamburgers, pastrami sandwiches, cheesecake, soft ice cream, ice cream floats and those are just my favorites. The food at the District Assemblies wasn't that great, but the Circuit Assemblies when I was growing up was great ! Even before the bought the Bliss we used to meet around the corner at the place in Sunnyside Gardens where they used to have boxing matches, I remember the meatball heroes there and not much else, but when they bought the Bliss THeatre they stepped up there food game !

Sorry the food at your assemblies sucked.